Total Health

This practical and interactive guide shows women how to optimize their potential for health and well-being through in-depth information, self-assessment quizzes, and checklists to determine individual risk factors for common ailments and more serious diseases. Dr. Miriam Nelson shares the preventative measures that can be taken now to avoid such health problems down the road.

From sexual and reproductive health to beauty, heart health, emotional well-being, bone and muscle health, and weight control, Strong Women’s Guide to Total Health offers a complete picture of the broad spectrum of issues that impact overall health. It is essential reading for women of all ages.

MIRIAM NELSON, PhD, is director of the Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition and associate professor of nutrition at Tufts University.

JENNIFER ACKERMAN is a science and health writer whose most recent book, Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream, was named a New York Times Editors Choice.